In May of 2000, Lucy Blackman and a friend flew from London to Tokyo to make money as a nightclub

hostess in order to pay off debts. Even though she was only 21 at the time, Lucy had given

into the allure of credit cards and found herself in enough debt to make her feel hopeless

about ever paying it all off. She had heard that young Western women could make a lot of

money in Tokyo serving drinks and being friendly companions to wealthy businessmen. Her plan was to go for

three months, make enough money to pay off her debts, and return home with a clean slate. Unfortunately

for Lucy, not much went as planned after she arrived in the sprawling metropolis,

and it was only when she finally felt like she was finding her footing that her life was suddenly taken.

This is Monsters.

Music Joe Biden Joe Barth Joji O'Bar was born on August 10, 1952 in Osaka, Japan. His parents named him Kim Sung-Jong, which he would go on to change after his father's death.

His parents were Zayinichi Koreans, who were Korean by heritage, but had

immigrated to Japan prior to 1945 and lived there as permanent residence. His family also used

the Japanese surname Hoshiyama, but I'm just going to refer to him as Joggi Obara throughout

this story.

Some of the Zionichi Koreans were forced to come to Japan to fight in the war or work in

factories, but Joji's parents migrated to Japan voluntarily.

When the Japanese Empire was defeated in World War II, the Koreans in Japan who had previously

not held the same rights as Japanese citizens

were suddenly liberated from their conscriptions and many returned to Korea.

Jogi's father, Kim Kiohok, stayed in Japan and began investing in businesses.

He had a taxi company and some pay parking lots, then he started opening Pachinko parlors.

Pachinko is a gaming machine that can be used for gambling and is extremely popular in Japan.

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